Business-card



(No Model.)

W. W. CALDWELL.

BUSINESS CARD.

No. 415,880. Patented Nov. 19, 1889.

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BUSINESS-CARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,380, dated November19, 1889.

Application filed January 18, 1889. Serial No. 296,715. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM W. CALD- WELL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBusiness-Cards, of which the following is a specification.

My said invent-ion relates to an improved construction and arrangementof businesscards, whereby, in addition to the usual use of abusiness-card, a convenient and effective means is provided for a moreextensive advertisement of the business represented; and it consists inconstructing said businesscards in the form of an article, preferablyincorporating a calendar, of use and value for reference andinformation, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof,and on which similar letters of reference indicate similar parts, Figure1 is a perspective view showing one side of a card of my improvedconstruction; Fig. 2, a similar view of its other side, and Fig. 3 aview showing the two parts of which it is composed separately.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the jacket or envelope,which forms the outside of the card, and B the folder, which forms itsinside portion.

The jacket A is formed of any suitable material for the purpose and ofany size which may be desired for the proposed card, and is preferablyformed with both ends open, as shown. On one side is printed the desiredbusiness-card, as indicated in Fig. 1, and on the other side is printeda table of figures arranged to indicate the days of the month. Thepreferable arrangement of this table consists of five vertical columnsof seven numbers each, counting from the top to the bot tom, commencingat the left-hand column;

- but other arrangements might be devised that the jacket, through whichthe days of the week arranged 011 the folder within can be seen. Belowsaid table of figures is printed any matter desired,but preferablysomething referring to the contents of the folder within, as indicatedinFigs. 2 and 3.

The folder B is shown as a four-page circular, but of course may consistof as many pages as desired. It is formed to fit closely within thejacket A, and along its left-hand margin is printed a column 1),containing the names of the days of the week, preferably arranged,asindicated,with full sets of the names, seven of which fill the space oropening a in the jacket, and each being arranged opposite one of thenumbers in the column by its side. The other space upon the folder canbe filled with any reading matter desired,either of an advertising orinstructive character such as tables for computing interest,census-tables, current statistics, and other valuable information forwhich the card would probably be preserved by the majority of peopleinto whose hands it would fall. In addition to such instructive oruseful information, considerable advertising matter relating to thebusiness represented could easily be given a place in the folder withoutdestroyingits use and value.

In addition to the features particularly described above is the featureof a perpetual calendar, convenient for pocket use, which is thusprovided, and which is used as follows: To set the calendar, the tableat the top of the rear side of the jacket is first referred to, themonth for which the calendar is to be set being found in the left-handcolumn, and the day opposite this month is found in the column headed bythe number of the current year. The folder 1% is then slid in the jacketuntil the name of the day thus found is brought to a position directlyopposite to the figure l in the table, it being considerably shorterthan the jacket, so that its ends will not project therefrom when it isslid back and forth. Thus the calendar can be set for any month of anyyear with buta moments time, and in a manner so simple that any one canreadily use it. Different designs and arrange ments of the card both asto the information given and its other contents can, of course,be

made without departing from my invention. y s, rang me t? card] isi irvd def u a usefuland valuable character; by reason of theextremely-convenient pocket-calendar which it affords, and also thevaluable reference-tables andv other instructive matter which comprisethe contents 'offithe folder B, that it is rendered of such value thatits preservation and frequent reference thereto are assured, and thename of the advertiser and his business thus become firmly fixed in themind of the person to whom the card is given, while an ordinary cardwould be'referred to but once and its contents readily forgotten,

Having thus fully described my said invention,what I claim as new, anddesire to secure y tr amm i j 1. "combined card and calendar, consistf aja et having a ab i d a ing he, daysfof" the 'rnonth thereon and 3501ili l'gf alongside said tablaand a 'part forinedto fit Within said jacketand f orrneid with column con in g he iamesbf e d y Of a a tzrange to riisiter th the e n Sai jacket, substant'ally asset fqithl" In alb lnblnflr and, alenda f th bles, indicated ihre the bp n' i aiandnei B with thecolumn 1), containing the names of the'days off'the"weeli'and printedniat-ter of aii'sefu'l and advertising character, substantially as setforth. v

'3. A'combined card andperpetual calendar consisting of a jacket havingthe table indicating the days offthe month thereon, an opening alongsidesaid table, and a sliding part within said jacket containing the namesof the days of the Week arranged in acolumn to register with saidopening, substantially as s set forth.

' 4. As a new article of manufacture, a 00111- ;bined card and"ca lendarformed in a jacket form, having an opening in one side and a portion ofPe p t alca ndara ngside Sfl n Witness. wh pfi I hav hereunto se y hail?ald' e l at'chica nn'r is h s' u WILLIAM I. CALDWELL. [L.S.]

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